WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 Tuesday night to send U.S. immigration reform legislation to the Senate floor.
SEOUL, May 21 (UPI) -- Images found in the file system of Samsung's Galaxy S III phone suggest the company may be working a fingerprint scanning security system, a tech website says.
RICHLAND, Wash., May 21 (UPI) -- U.S. land and water resources could support the growth of enough algae to produce up to 25 billion gallons of algae-based fuel a year, researchers say.
GREENBELT, Md., May 21 (UPI) -- NASA released a satellite photo that shows the system that generated severe weather and a tornado Monday afternoon that devastated Moore, Okla.
WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- Apple Inc.'s top executive, Tim Cook, defended the U.S. technology giant's tax strategy in front of a Senate panel Tuesday, saying it abides by the law.
REDMOND, Wash., May 21 (UPI) -- Microsoft has unveiled its latest console, the Xbox One, making it clear it's about much more than just games and pushing it as the ultimate family digital hub.
MELBOURNE, May 21 (UPI) -- Salamanders' ability to re-grow lost limbs could yield clues to future therapies for healing spinal cord injuries in humans, Australian researchers say.
NEW YORK, May 21 (UPI) -- Climate change will increase New York's heat wave deaths, pushing up the incidence of temperature-related deaths within decades, researchers say.
ABERDEEN, Scotland, May 21 (UPI) -- British researchers say they've solved the puzzle of why penguins can't fly: Their survival hinged on swimming underwater not soaring in the air.
EAST LANSING, Mich., May 21 (UPI) -- Practice makes perfect? No so much, maybe; U.S. researchers say natural talent and other factors likely play a role in mastering a complicated activity.
URUMQI, China, May 21 (UPI) -- Geologists in China say they've found gold reserves in a northwestern province that could be worth $32 billion to the country's economy.
DAVIS, Calif., May 21 (UPI) -- Researchers in California say they've developed a fabric that is waterproof and yet can whisk away sweat like human skin does.
TUBINGEN, Germany, May 21 (UPI) -- Researchers in Germany say they've identified a unique strain of potato blight responsible for the disastrous potato famine in 19th-century Ireland.
ZURICH, Switzerland, May 21 (UPI) -- Modern alligators and crocodiles rarely share the same environments but that was not true of their prehistoric ancestors in South America, paleontologists say.
MILWAUKEE, May 21 (UPI) -- Officials at the Milwaukee County Zoo say the death of Mahal, a young orangutan immensely popular with visitors, was caused by a severe tapeworm infection.